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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-12-21
Umbrellas for Christmas Presents

Geo. w. Hotel, 80 East State street,
Trenton, is selling Gloria Silk Umbrellas
at the following remarkably great bar
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-12-21

MEMS Cream White SILK
MUFFLERs, 80 inches square,
warranted all silk. A score of
styles to select from 90c.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-12-21

--Gentlemen, you can get your clothes
cleaned and pressed at 80 Swan st., as
good as ut any place in the country, none
excepted. 0yercoats $3.50; Coats 100;
Pants rs; Vest 80. Ladies' goods at
reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. w. RoUeHToN.
apr7.-tf
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Art In The Dining Room.

Do you know 1 enjoyed the decora-'
tions of the dining cara Oh, yes. There
was nothing original about them. They
were the same old dining room pieces
that one sees in all the dining rooms OF
hotels and many homes; but l was pleas
ed t. sec til m on the car. Right at my
elbow was a panel that was the very
soul Of appropriate suggestiveness for a
dining 1t was a painting OF a
string of dead fish. Another panel held
up to view some dead birds, hanging
heads down. One bird seemed to have
been shot out of season, and one appear
ed to have starved to death in a trap. AS
l looked at them I thought how l would
enjoy the duck when it came on. Then
in another panel hung two dead rabbits;
they had been dead a long time too, for
| had seen them hanging in places where
people cat ever since I was a boy. | do
admire these game pieces on dining O
panels. l think, however, an interior OF
a slaughter house, under full sail, and an
interior of a Chicago packing house IN
executive session could be added. And
for q coy breakfast room, why not a
PLAGUE representing some tender spring
chickens just crawling out of their
shells2 The genius who first thought of
painting dead fish and dead rabbits for
dining rooms, has not yet carried bis fish
and game depot ideas quite to compile
ton.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Not His HandWrite.

Old man Davidson, in Leake county,
Miss, had a son in Texas. A short time
ago young Davidson got into trouble and
was arrested and fined. He had no money
and it was go to Jail or raise it by some
means. He told the sheriff that if he
would wait until he could write home
to his father, the money would be forth
coming as soon as his family were made
acquainted with his troubles, and the
mails could bring it. The sheriff sug-
gested that he telegraph to his father to
send him the money by Geographic
money order. He acted upon this sug:.
gestion. When the telegram reached
the Mississippi office, the operator had
to send it several miles into the country
to the old man. When Mr.. Davidson
read it, he was confused and could not
understand it, and appealed to his wife
to assist him. She looked at the tele-
gram and handing it back, said:
'tJohn, that amt Williams handwrite;
it's a trick of some of them town folks
to beat you out of fifty dollars"
The old man thought his wife was
right. William laid in the Texas Jail
until he got a reply from q letter.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
A Good th0t Fruit Does.

It is as a febrifuge that fruit has its
highest value, with both old and young.
With the approach of what the poet calls
the melancholy days of the year, u
bodies, if not keyed up to the pitch Of
perfect health, are sensitive to the
changes of temperature, especially if the
air is surcharged with heavy moisture. At
such a time we are liable to fever and to
chills, which, from a neglected condition
of the body and from consequent low
vitality, may easily change to a conges-
tive and dangerous form. In this case
the value of the acid of fresh fruit is
easily indicated, and the result of its use
is speedily shown in the breaking up of
morbid conditions, the Frightening of
that physical barometer-the face. and
the elasticity given to the step.
As is well known our habits of eating
and drinking tend continually to super
excitement Of blood and brain, and to
the development and exhibition of the
purely animal part of us. Too many of
u foods are admittedly prepared for
the stimulation of our passions, and as
for alcoholic drinks, none will deny that
hey are used, even when pure, beyond
all reason or safety. As the doctor well
says, the substitution of fruit for stimu-
lants, would relieve much Of the need
for restraint on wrang doors. This is
certain, for our heads would be clearer,
our blood cooler, our nerves steadier, our
impulses more subject to reason, and life
would be 100 per cent. better than it is
to-day.-1He Cuisine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
The Little Girl ofTo-dav.

A handsome, ~well-formed girl of 10
years who is deliberately dressed three or
four times a day, whose only chaperon
seems to be her maid, who walks the
.geranda of . large hotel with the
savoir faire of the woman of the world,
who sees her bed usually at IL o'clock,
who donates her stocking as a souvenir
to her boy lovers, and who, with more
self-possession than sweetness, is quite
capable of asking for the best place in
the dance or at the table, can not, will not
grow into the sort of a woman that one
would want boys to marry; and yet this
Is the typical small girl. I quite be-
lieve that she usually of the nou-
yeau richie, for people who are really
good form do not cast there children
upon the dangerous waters of public
parIors in large hotels. Good, strong,
hearty, healthful children in picturesque
clothes-for they do not need tobe ugly
to be proper-give pleasure to every
body; but sFrou- Frou' in miniature,
Ike an imitation of a puppet, is to be
frowned upon, derided, and eventually
driven from position, because she is
neither good for the present nor does
she promise better for the future.-Nep
York Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Add a little and there will be a gre

Add a little and there will be a great
heap.
Borrowing is the canker and death of
every mans estate.
Welcome evermore to gods and men is
the self-heIping man.
Persecution is often the wind that.
scatters the good seed of the kingdom.
Always cheerful and contented, good
and generous. If that is not true piety,
Whehis2
It isn't so much what a man has that
makes him happy, as it is what he
doesn't want. 80
Pay as you go, and dou't go until you
pay. This is a rule which will save many
little a~nnoyances.
Modern education too often covers the
fingers with rings, and at the same time
cut the sinews at the wrists.
He that wrestles with us strengthens
u nerves and sharpens our skill. Our
antagonist is really our helper.
Retribution Will certainly follow those
who do wrong, although it may be that
no one is injured but themselves.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Tact.

saw a pretty exhibition of tact at the
house of a governor of a Western state.
His wife was one of the most refined and
charming women I ever knew, n she
had any amount of tact. The governor
had to give receptions to influential men
in the state, and you can fancy that some
of them were very uDcouth and I'M
edudatad. one evening there was a large
dinner party, and q rather rough old fell
low, a very wealthy and important man,
was the chief guest. Of course he sat on
the right side of the hostess. The din
ner went along very nicely. Beyond
making a few rather gauche remarks,
the old Western fellow behaved pretty
well. But when the finger bowls were
put on the table he was rather knocked
over, and like many other heroes of such
stories he took his up and drank out Of
it. Nobody happened to see him except
the hostess, and quick as a wink she
signalled to the servants. They removed
every finger bowl before anybody could
touch them, and the old fellow doesn't
know to-day, if he's living, what a mis-
take he made. Now, that's tact.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
where do Fashions start,

In Paris, most people will tell you.
But where in Paris and by whose authori-
ty? There is no answer. It is like the
ancient explanation of the support Of the
earth. 1t rested on the shoulders of a
giant; the giant stood on the back of a
turtle; the turtle was sustained by a
dense cloud; the cloud rested ont was
none of your business on what.
But just suppose that one could solve
the mystery and stand face to face with
the woman who sets the fashion for all
the women Of "a country or a continent,
what an absolute queen he would behold!
The, great original dude who DEGREES the
shape of the shoe, the height of the hat,
and the volume of the trouser legs for
millions of his fellow creatures has a
say that might have satisfied the greedy
Alexander, who, after he had the earth,
wanted something else.
Truly, fashion is fearful and a won
derful thing!-Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
A Successful Method OF Advertising.

Some well-known advertisers once hit
upon a novel e~xpedient for a~scertaining
over what area their advertisements were
read. They published a couple of half
column lads" in which were purposely
misstated half a dozen historical facts.
I'm less than a week." says the origin
ator of the scheme, "we received be-
tween three and four hundred letters
from all parts of the country from people
wishing to know why on earth we kept
such a consummate fool who knew so
little about American history. The let
tiers kept pouring in for three or four
weeks. 1t was one of the best paying
lads" we ever printed. But we did not
repeat experiment because the one |
refer to, se'ved its purpose. Our letters
came FROM schoolboys, girls, professors,
clergymen, school teachers and in two
instances from eminent men who have a
worldwide reputation. / was more i'm
pressed with the value of advertising
from those TWO advertisements than /
should ever have been by volumes of
theories"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01

OF coloring matter which answers fo,
blood. The trouble is it is only temno
rary and will eventually iniure the skin
permanently. But what of that.
drunkenness is only a temporary pleas
ure n will eventually ruin those who
indulge; SO why sneer at women who
wish to look interesting for an houri
There are women know who hab1tuallo
resort to the syringe for their color.
When the effect is gone-that is, when
the coloring matter is absorbed in the
skin and carried away by the blood
the face is absolutely CHASTITY. The un-
skillful use of the instrument is quite as
disastrous. There are the daughters of
Admiral -, both of whom use it. By
nature they haven't q particle OF color.
One Of them-well, if you have ever seen
her with her cheeks showing the pricka
Of the syringe, you will see a sight. !
mean if you ever see her in the daylight.
The coloring matter forced into the
cheeks has been taken up into the glands
beneath the eyes and carried into the
end of the nose. She looks like-like :
what do you call i~ta--yes, an old ssbum."
1t is too funny for anything. There's
the other difficulty, don't You see; you
can't tell where the color is finally going
to show up"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
a Mountain Dug-Out.

4 CORRESPONDENT of the Washington
s,nr. who has been roughing it in Mon.
tana, says: The house that we hastily
mt nm here. until we could build oui
permanent cabins, was a sort OF . dug
Ut. FIRST we dug down into the grouno
about Eve feet, and then on the sides and
back placed two logs; this gave aheigh'
Of about seven feet at the caves and nlnt
- the ridgepoIe. The dimensions inside
we're fourteen by sixteen feet. 1ne
front was made entirely Of logs, and Il
II we had two windows twenty-five bJ
twentv-four inches each. For q roof w
placed poles each side Of the ridgepole,
ana the,, covered them with hay anl
ART. when finished we had q dirt roof
dirt walls. dirt floor, and lived IN an
a,most ate dirt. In the rear OF the cabil
&c had i fireplace, which was Y onl,
heating apparatus, and on it We did q
q enr cooking, with utensils which con
sisted oil 3 coffee pot. frying pan, lro
"a and dutch oven. In the latter y
r,aaa bread and did all baking
onr bin Of fare was not likely to indne
a-r.na,,sfa. Ii had a surprising sam
asss ma was made up Of bread, COTE
bacon and beans, With . little rice Tor
chanoe. bnt plenty Of deer meat helps
|, us cut amazingly.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
LADIES, DEPARTMENT.
nanesr Of yyearlns Earrings.

DR.. NORM, a French physician, in his
new work on the ~hygiencies of beauty,
makes a dead set against earrings. In
numbers of cases he has known erysipe-
las proceed from their use. The idea
that they are good for weak eyes he
quite disposes of. It is possible, he
saws, that in cases of inhamed eyes they
might act as a counter irritant, but if
they did they would make the lobe Of
the ear, which, not being rich in blood
vessels, has little recuperative vitality,
IN d state of permanent liberation. There
Is no surer test Of a good Or bad con-
stitution than the state Of an ear which
has been pierced and exposed to the irri-
tation of heavy earrings. If the lobes
keep red and swollen, they proclaim bad
blood and scrofulous tendencies.-Lm-
don Neas.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
The Poarea. OF acquiring.

The power of acquiring quickly n
well is a distinctive trait of the American
people. It seems to be our natural in-
h~eritance. From the hour when an
American child begins to talk, straight
on through the entire educational
process, the power Of acquisition mani
tests itself in a remarkable degree. In
deed, so rapid are the unfolding, the de-
yelopment Of q child's mind with us,
that we are ~outgrowing the old method
Of education. The child seems to grasp
intuitively much that was formerly ar
rived at By slow, mechanical processes.
For instance, American children now-a-
days learn to read by the .'word
Misunderstanding in a whole word at
glance, instead Of analysing it nto it,
separate letters. In fact, the Engglisf
alphabet in this country to-day, as
basis for instruction, is almost as muci
a collection OF tsdead letters as tn
Greek alphabet.-PsnmGa's art Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Pgasgiaeg q Manu- ma J

r;ttle Florence was 6 years old, and
her brother Wine Two yea, -
One evening their mamma .'sAs r.tla
: Is d bed, and knowing the little
girls fondness for playans '1'A11i
said: -a4 la
ssConle now, cnllareh, hassA
time yet m look over shs ~. 81
-sm,oa read. Florence you can play
as,r,aa did put your little brother g
bed, you know ssst;n.
HAll wight sara isloas1
aova I'D taking up ! paper e imitation
Of her Iaamnaa ssun
willie, want g sEeaa sc : 9
,,arsr. Cbscaqo Mona.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Ho,p Mtsstetoe Is Gro,rn.


Mistletoe is well grown at Streatham
Lodge, in Surrey, II pyramid apple
tree in particular, some seven feet high
and six feet through, being a dense mass
of it from top to bottom and laden with
berries. The apple tree thus smothered
by the parasite does not bear any fruit,
but this loss is compensated for by the
ornamental character of the mistletoe.
Those who wish to introduce mistletoe
into their gardens should devote sssEEeuase
pie tree especially to it. The berries
from which it is to be grown should be
gathered in March or April-not earlier,
or success may be doubtful; earlier in
the season the berries are not ripe. The
branches ON which they are to be placed
should be from three to four years old.
Selecting a clear bit of bark on the mp
per side of the branch, rub the berrie
on it, and they will be found to adhere
to it. Blackbirds and thrushes are very
partial to them; therefore trees thus
operated on should be netted. After q
lapse Of some three months the seeds!
will be seen to. have D1ras
will be at an end, and the young plants
will after that rapidly increase y slze:
Young apple trees with mistletoe estap-
lished on them may afsa be bought IN
some nurseries. Ionic Garden.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Benefit OF Walking.

Every healthy person, man or woman,
should be a good walker, able at any
time to walk from six to twelve miles a
day at least, and fol double that dis
lance when gradually brought up to it.
The points to be attended to are to see that
the walk be brisk and vigorous, not of a
lettering or dangling kind; that there be
some object in the walk beside its being
a routine ''constitutional'', and, if posi-
BILE, that it be in pleasant company; that
there be no tight clothing, whether for
the feet or body, which will constrain or
impede the natural movements of the
limbs and trunk; and that the walk be
taken, if it be possible, in the fresh coun-
try air.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
d .YoNtbfssL FsnaascSer.

81 Think said the Honorable Jason
Dalzell the other day, Il new was bet
ter ZONE up with than ! was once BY q
voungster in the school which I taught
after 1 failed in business and settled with
nv creditors for 80 per cent. The arith-
n:etic class was on the floor, and & adj
dressed one of the bright little fellows
with:
asRichard, how many cents make .
dollara,
Little Dick looked slylly from one to
another Of his mates, and h~esitatingly
replied
well, um-uth--sonctimcs sone
an sometimes more.
asNhat do ven mean, RichaFe,
asked.
wei, said be, when you bu'
fhinps 100 cents nlakeaa dollar, but wher
vou pav for On 80 # Dc i. -oAieag'
Nsss.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Fashion Notes.


Tailor jackets of diagonal cloth are
most worn.
Round hats for little girls have very
high crowns.
Persian material with chenille flowers
is used for mantels.
stand-up bows of old picot-edged
ribbon trim many handsome bonuets.
Rough camel's-hair fabrics of every
description are popular for tailor-made
gowns.
Fayorite novelties in fancy ribbons in
clude those with pompon and other fan.
cy edges.
Lace effects are seen In silk and wool
fabrics and in braids and other O
trimmings.
Fur boas are from two to three yards
long, and some have tassels and others
balls on the end.
Furs, especially Astrakhan and black
marten, will be used to trim cloth suits
for midwinter wear.
New winter bonnets show velvet roses,
or petals stripped from the flower, massed
in their pointed fronts.
Alpaca is now brought out in new
colorings and improved texture that
Grapes better than the old.
Most brides prefer a tulle veil. 1t is
now arranged to hang back away from
the face, and is very becoming.
Ornaments for the hair, judiciously and
effectively arranged, arc fashionable.
Fancy shell pins are much used.
Cut chenille trimming for panels and
bodice trimming, with Persian design, is
shown in all the ~seasonable colors.
Velveteen, corduroy, and cordereine
are all much worn as jackets, revers,
and parements of soft wool locks.
Velvet bonnets are worn this season
with cloth and fancy wooden suits, es-
p~ecially when velvet or velveteen forms
part Of the costume.
There is agrowing fancy for all sorts
of insect ornaments, such as butterflies,
dragon flies, and the like, both in gold
pins and in gems.
Old-fashioned button-moulds, with the
dress material put on over them by hand,
are being used. Black satin buttons are
made in this way.
Pelisses of gray plush, lined with pink,
are coming in vogue for babies wear.
The hood must match the pelisse, and
be tied with soft pink satin strings.
Hoop earrings, now 50 fashionable, COM
prise plain gold hoops, knife-edge hoops.
fliGgg g5b b or Eofd 1Bsseed I'd t1ryisa Of
pearls, diamonds and other gems.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
. TEE CHEAPER " h tg soanding

E1s-7bc In en- aa nn u paoen astI Iie,
tos INC ng araef'e sa ere sor.grmI se oda; aeo'n e 20
hrcngbt from thea snnnrrafing nns,ladan
npi;ddu lug rtGm t hnne suppuiaOlng, Pas.1aaen
Eluseys Will neie ~ QUIZ " @h;S VI az
h hty bpn ar, eaa.S,o s,s .''eAi @nu "nten Snooiu
hase p zen G e. n rs a. ,;a,o-. ,.u
: " .nls Is nos al 0ae + klaii ~ - n nsn1+ 70 ao.
" Spu ~ eaiea. 81 .a.s; h mauui' Sanes
auoue sesen pounas u 1a.tsh,nenD eeely
SSmsntyL.olI nouls ~ sappay sls mas.e VI IIs
oouy wnich Is constansly gong on, a vase
e!ual TO me quanblty taken. ms, soo, gns
h ~ nave - VIII
~ othee esonil I'm nastei.
Dun you say: NJ hiuneys ar are an rlgns. :
nave no pam IN IN PACK" MiSIaAen man
aemetN paoo,ss tba disease begins, as we
why ,pee IN The int1rior of the kidney,
,.,ba,a fbp,.e a,.e fetU ae9 ves of feeling to CON
Wns1e s"ean ot;on Of main. Why this is SO
Vey the seuasion u1 f
we may nesei aao;aa,. their GREAT work, the
men you Io y str,ct,,re the ease with
oeneasH " ~ snd daranoad can YOU wonder at
Whlcn ehef q nT,r non and women! Health
the ll-nsa nsa oannat bc exne.ted when so vi
ana long Iae q ;mnoira1 No wo ,der some
taL an olsrn nc ara deoenerating. Don't YOU
writers say a ae tba eytTene Importance OF
see !ne ia, anlinerv in working orderi
lee2ihg n IL ana;ne do even a fractional
Could 1hs .Iheso S7ritbo,,t attention from
E.aa.rz T}on,t Won see how dangerous
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
In A Sculptor's Studio.
The .;sast. Landry. model

The onrrtn0 IrvL---u Ornd1
about which the pflsEss La nsI Co.. tho r,
poured for a mould i wish Ior .ne as i
would be cast. sorprqqffThe feasssssiass of
the model struck as entirely out of
line and proph and too rough to
bear representation. 1 said as much,
when the, affst replied: SIT is only the
features56f the face, in the making of a
bust4 that the artist wishes to have per-
fecs. You see here, underneath this
model of q lady's head, a fan, an opera
glass and a boquet of flowers. They are
all crude. If they were perfect the bust
itself might lose its merit. A young
ay55tiEsttfag ia vRQmaAWho made 6 beautiful
head in the fingers, made the mistake OF
fashioning the butterfly to perfection;
She even had a gold worker come in and
helm her chisel it. When the public
came to look at the statue the common
remark was: "Why, what a perfect but
teEay," but no one looked at the figure
ITSELF"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
An vpstacle to physical wau.r.nv-

Physicians rightfully characterize eonstinn
ton as an obst nate impedimentto the weIfaFt
OF the body. The performance Of the mort
important functions, such as digestion, biliarI
blood, are interrupted by itto a greater or les
degree. as the development of the complain
IS incipient or nature. Not q once, of course
put with reasonable promptitude, Hostetterl
TO which it gives rise, as well the minor mala
dies that spring from it, among them indiges
ton and chronic biliousnes5. From drenchinI
cathaltics it is vain to hope for permanent
be eft, and there are few purgatives that ART
not violent and profuse in their operation,
Blue pill and cajomel are d~esigHett to act upol
the liver only, and taken fr quently are per
nicious to health. Tie Bitters reduces re-
Taxation of the bowels without pain, and a re-
newal of their regularity. 1t also conquers
fever and ague, rheu atism, neuralgia andiD
activity of the kidneys.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01

lon Announcement we could scarcely en nun st
rate the attractions it promises Ior rh rs stthhe he con-
Danias provides something Of interest," ao e
every member Of the family. The o9napaa'0fit its
published weekly. and f g ! z Yaar' Which, il
sent nov. viii pay TOR the paper TO January
1898
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01
Yellow Jasmines are coming into favor.
A Great Reward

A Great Reward
will be secured by those who write to Halett
& Co, Portland Maine. Full information will
be sent you, free, about work that you Tan do
end live at home wherever you are situated,
tat will pay you from S. to $25 and upwards a
day. A number have earned over S50in a day.
Capital not needed: 1Iallett & Co will start
you. Both sexes; all ages. The chance of a
lifetime. Ali isnew. Now is t le time. For
tunes are absolutely sure for the workers.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01

The farmers, in thor swamps. we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants That cure'
If by their knowledge they only knew
For just tie disease each one grew.
courage now and "Swamp-Root' Try
flor kidney, | yer and bladder complalnts),
AS GA tbs remedy you can rely.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-01

Vice should always disgust; nor should the
traces Of gayety or he dignity of courage be
syer IL appears it should raise hatred by the
naIignity Of its practices. and the of
fs sErataEems; for while it ID supported by
1DPr61x